On 05/24/2013 11:35 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Frank McCormick beacon@videotron.ca wrote:
On 05/24/2013 11:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Frank McCormick beacon@videotron.ca wrote:
I was updating Fedora 19 tonight when my system crashed ( I suspect it's a memory error)....but anyway it now **appears I have a lot of duplicate files on my system, at least that what yum check all reports. The crash happened after the updates had been installed I think
during
the verify stage.
This is a partial list of what "yum check all" reports:
Try
package-cleanup --dupes
Yeah, that's what I found in the Fedora forums. So I tried it. Now
the partition won't boot.
package-cleanup --dupes removed the dupes..at least it said it was....but it also ran into a bunch of files it said were zero-length...what it did about them I don't know. Short version: the partition is now unbootable. So I am back in Fedora 18...where I think I'll stay for a while. I don't anticipate re-installing 19...at least not for a while.
The only comforting thing is that this same problem could happen no matter what version you're running. :-)
Since F19 is beta it isn't a big deal IMHO. I've had similar things go wrong, disk problems, and getting it fixed took time and effort....but I was able to recover.
Yeah maybe I'll reinstall when 19 is released, Or maybe not. Thanks anyway for the suggestion - it seems it's about the only thing that could be done under the circumstances